Police: Sex offender attacked woman after release

Shiloh Morgan faces battery charge

A registered sex offender attacked a woman after he was released from prison, authorities said.

The man, Shiloh Morgan, told police he hadn’t kissed a woman in nine years because he’s been behind bars, serving time on 2004 charges of armed robbery, robbery and battery on a police officer.

Detectives said Morgan was released on parole five and a half weeks ago.

“He was looking for an apartment,” said Deputy Secretary Joe Booker, of the New Mexico Department of Corrections.

Police said Morgan stopped to look at a complex in Rio Rancho, but what the female employee, who was helping him, didn’t know was that Morgan was also a convicted sex offender.

In 1997, authorities said Morgan pleaded guilty to criminal sexual contact of a minor under 13 and attempted criminal sexual contact of a minor.

The employee told police Morgan kept staring and making her feel uneasy while she was talking to him about the complex.

“According to the report and according to what he had said, he did put his tongue into her mouth. He kissed her. She pushed him away, but he tried to attack her,” said Booker.

Morgan escaped, but detectives said he had given his real name when he applied for the apartment, and because of his parole, he also wore a tracking device.

Using his GPS bracelet, probation and parole officers found Morgan at his home within an hour of the victim calling police. Morgan told officers he was at the apartments, but he said the employee came onto him.

Rio Rancho police said Morgan is charged with battery. He is being held without bond at the Metropolitan Detention Center for violating parole.

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